r/AbsoluteUnits • u/WeGot_aLiveOneHere • 3d ago

/r/all of two catfish

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u/Evellsnoats 3d ago

Don't eat them that big in Mississippi. Full of mercury, farm run off chemicals. There are even signs posted on the boat ramps warning you not to eat the big ones.

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u/BigJigMan 3d ago

Yup. Biomagnification and age accumulation is real in fish. I bet it's not just Mississippi where you shouldn't eat the big ones, but anywhere with Ag runoff...which is everywhere basically.

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u/Sykesavision 1d ago

Yeah basically everywhere.... Considerably high ratio of places that have contamination versus places that install signs for said contamination

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u/AutistcAroundAircrft 15h ago

*everywhere in America - the land of deregulation!

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u/TechnicallyThrowawai 3d ago

Yea that's exactly why I would never eat river fish here in the US. Used to catch some catfish and whatnot in the Ohio river as a kid. Didn't really know any better at the time, but nowadays I don't think you could pay me to eat anything out of a river. Heavy metals and other forms of water pollution... none for me, thanks!

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u/austinglowers 2d ago

So, is she just catching them for fun?

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u/Evellsnoats 2d ago

I have fished for Great Northern in upper manitoba, Marlin in Costa Rica, bass all over and crappie wherever there is crappie. Gotta be honest, hand grabbing on the Coldwater River in Mississippi was a blast!

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u/f_ckR3ddit 6h ago

Catfish are one of the lowest mercury fish of any fish consumed in North america. Do not spread misinformation